Job creation is critical to the economic well-being and has become an urgent national priority. Such issue thus creates a need for further investigation to address the severe unemployment problems among graduates. The main objective of this study is to construct a TM instrument as job creators. Results from previous studies and interviews with seven experts showed that the need for TVET graduates to strengthen their talent management as job creators leads to nine main elements, namely (i) Job Adaptation Ability, (ii) Technological Ability, (iii) Team Skills, (iv) Lifelong Learning, (v) Communication Skills, (vi) Innovative Thinking, (vii) Leadership, (viii) Entrepreneurial Thinking, and (ix) Ethical and Professional Values. This study used the Modified Delphi technique to obtain experts’ agreement on the Talent Management elements and items developed based on the findings from previous studies and interviews. Their areas of expertise include career development, TVET, and industry man.....

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The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the economy, particularly the downsizing of operations and retrenchment, which affected various sectors. Post-pandemic prompted a shift in the perspective; rather than waiting for jobs, it seems that individuals needed to become job creators. In this regard, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is believed to be a prominent field of study that could facilitate graduates to become job creators. Nevertheless, some of graduates would not consider owning businesses after graduation, indicating the difficulty of becoming job creators. Therefore, this study emphasising TVET program built and validated a Talent Management Module (MTM) involving creation (Job Creator) based on the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory. It comprised both quantitative and qualitative phases. First, a series of interviews were carried out to explore the perceptions of talent management (TM) among seven experts. Second, a quantitative study in.....

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